Richard Clough Anderson papers, 1781-1892

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Summary

Creators:
Anderson, Richard Clough, 1788-1826
Abstract:
Correspondence of the various members of the Anderson family, particularly Richard Clough Anderson Jr. and his wife Elizabeth, as well as Richard Clough Anderson Sr. and his sons Charles, Robert, and Larz; also included correspondence of the Clark and Gwathmey families.
Extent:
15 Linear Feet (25 boxes)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Richard Clough Anderson papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence of the various members of the Anderson family, particularly Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth, as well as Richard Clough Anderson, Sr. and his sons Charles, Robert (1805-1871) (of Ft. Sumter fame), and Larz (1803-1878), a capitalist and a prominent citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio. Also included correspondence of the Clark and Gwathmey families.

Subject matter includes real estate transactions, legislation, and land speculation in Kentucky; Louisville and Kentucky politics; Ohio politics and government, especially during the Civil War; relations between Colombia and the U.S.; antislavery sentiment; the Civil War Correspondents include Richards Clough Anderson, Sr., Robert Anderson, Charles Anderson, Larz Anderson, John Jordan Crittenden and John Sherman.

Correspondents include:

  1. Richard Clough Anderson Sr. (1750-1826) - 59 pieces
  2. Richard Clough Anderson Jr. (1788-1826) - 63 pieces
  3. Robert Anderson - 26 pieces
  4. Charles Anderson - 85 pieces
  5. Larz Anderson - 56 pieces
  6. John Jordan Crittenden -16 pieces
  7. John Sherman - 10 pieces
Presidential material includes:
  1. John Quincy Adams letters to Richard Clough Anderson and documents - 1823 February 1 (AND 5); 1823 June 4 (AND 6); 1823 June 4 (AND 7); 1824 March 31 (AND 8); 1825 September 16 (AND 9); 1823 May 29 (AND 10)
  2. James Monroe letters to Richard Clough Anderson - 1820 March? (AND 1369); 1820 September 26 (AND 1370); 1822 December 18 (AND 1371); 1823 May 22 (AND 1372)
  3. James Monroe letter to the president of Colombia (contemporary copy), approximately 1823 (AND 1373)
  4. William Henry Harrison letter to Richard Clough Anderson, 1825 September 12 (AND 1081)
  5. Rutherford B. Hayes letters to Charles Anderson - 1863 November 6 (AND 1088); 1865 March 25 (AND 1089); 1865 July 12 (AND 1090); 1870 January 20 (AND 1091); 1870 April 14 (AND 1092)
Biographical / historical:

Richard Clough Anderson Jr. (1788-1826) was born in Louisville, Kentucky, son of Elizabeth Clark and Richard Clough Anderson Sr. (1750-1826), and graduated from William and Mary. He married Elizabeth Gwathmey in 1810; the couple had eight children. Anderson served three terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives between 1812 and 1817, and a fourth term from 1821 to 1823. He was a member of the U.S. Congress from 1817 to 1821. From 1823 to 1826, Anderson was minister plenipotentiary to La Gran Colombia, where he negotiated the first treaty between the United States and a South American country. He died of yellow fever in Cartagena enroute to the Panama Congress in 1826.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Zeitlin and Ver Brugge in 1976.
Processing information:

This finding aid was updated in 2022 by Melissa Haley as part of the American Presidential Papers Project with enhanced description of the presidential material present.

Arrangement:

Arranged in chronological order followed by miscellaneous documents and ephemera.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Richard Clough Anderson papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
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